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the green that survived a thousand years just to make jade jealous
means A pale grayish-green color, and the type of glazed ceramic ware traditionally finished in that soft jade-like hue.
from The word comes from French, and the popular story ties it to Céladon, a shepherd in Honoré d'Urfé's hugely popular 17th-century romance 'L'Astrée,' who wore ribbons of a pale green that supposedly gave the color its name. Another tale credits Saladin (Salah ad-Din), said to have sent such wares as gifts. Both are charming, both are debated — the real path is uncertain, though the color and the prized green-glazed pottery it names trace back through East Asian ceramics admired and imported by Europe.
- crackle trick
- Glaze flaws became the prized look on purpose
- name origin
- Named after a shepherd's pale green stage cloak
- iron magic
- Color comes from iron fired without oxygen
- poison test
- Myth said it cracked when touching tainted food
- china secret
- Chinese kilns guarded the recipe for centuries
longquan kiln — chinese pottery in zhejiang producing jade-green celadon from song dynasty (960-1279)
ru ware — imperial celadon kiln in henan, song dynasty, with sky-blue glaze prized by emperors
goryeo celadon — korean pottery from goryeo dynasty (918-1392) with pale green glaze and inlaid designs